Friday, July 26, 2013

BETWEEN TWO TREES

Am I witnessing a love affair or a public display of affection? Were they destined to each
other or it is just nature’s time and chance playing with them?

These are the
questions running inside my head as I stand BETWEEN TWO TREES"

-pagnapagna

-my pagnapagna-

We just came from barangay Luzong of Bangar, La Union specifically from a waterfall (July 22, 2013). The waterfall was still at its almost dried up state that we decided to go to another venue which is to visit again the "FUSED TREES" or "TWO LEGGED TREES" at the nearby town of Sudipen.

Located between the dried up San Cristobal Brook and a ricefield, these two trees are around 2 meters apart at its base. The trunks are about half a meter in diameter with one slightly stouter than the other.

As if these two trees where two
lost souls that found refuge in nature and met in the forest, two lovers that
even when personified into trees did overcame the distance between them.

They
braved and endured the ever changing time, perhaps inch by inch of growth
they tried to reach each other or they let the winds and storms bend them to
lean on each others arms and they were victorious that from that time on
they decided to live a life in unison with each other.

Leaning on one of the trunk of the fused trees.

We have learned that these trees were on a private lot thus, privately owned by a family.
We also tried to know the stories behind these fusion of two trees but
we can not get answers. Some of them (locals) do not even know that
there is such a thing. One of the locals near the tree whom we asked
about the story behind it asked us "apay gatangen yu kadi dayta kayu"(are you going to buy the tree?).

After
lingering and taking photos and videos of the trees, we went to a local
store to have a snack but what a heck, we deserve some cold beers on a
hot day :-).